Cotton; Charles (1630-1687); Poet and Royalist; born Beresford Hall, Alstonefield; friend of Izaak Walton, with whom he fished the River Dove.
Walton; Izaak (c 1594-1683); Writer, born Stafford; friend of Charles Cotton of Alstonefield, with whom he fished the River Dove. Author of the "Compleat Angler" based on these experiences.
George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist